Royal3 Posted April 23, 2008 Report Share Posted April 23, 2008 Just to throw another log on the fire in here; George Sourlis has done tireless research of advertising & other marble related printed material over the years. Art Jones not many years ago spent a long session with George and his massive notebooks and learned a very interesting point that may or may not be germane. There is no record of Akro advertising or pricing pages for slags after mid-1930. If Akro came out with corks then, it might make sense to pull the passe slag that had been the industry staple for more than 25 years for the hot new ticket. Just a thought... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steph Posted April 23, 2008 Author Report Share Posted April 23, 2008 The "latest, modernistic Agates" aka "Prize Names" were advertised in the Sears 1930 Spring and Summer catalog. This ad replaced the previous year's ad featuring onyx marbles. (Also George Sourlis info, from his article in WVMCC #18) When would the Spring and Summer catalog have gone to print? And when would Akro have needed to be filling Prize Name boxes to be confident they could meet demand? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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